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| Adelaide's preparations for their Asian Champions League final against Gamba Osaka suffered a setback when the Reds gave up a halftime lead to go down 3-2 to Melbourne Victory. Travis Dodd's score from the penalty spot was the only score in the first half, but Kevin Muscat cancelled that out when he went to the spot and made no mistake shortly after half time. When a free kick from Cassio went over the wall and past the desperate save of Michael Theoklitos into the Victory net, the Reds had established a 2-1 lead. But the last 10 minutes saw a tiring Adelaide side with nothing more to give; and Victory took full toll. Muscat's second penalty levelled the scores, before Billy Celeski pounced on a loose ball after some desperate Reds defencing to drive home the winner. Adelaide United 2 (T Dodd 28pen, Cassio 66) Melbourne Victory 3 (K Muscat 54pen,81pen, B Celeski 84) Yellow Cards : Reds - R Cornthwaite 32, Cristiano 54, T Dodd 70. Victory - Nil. Referee - M Breeze. Crowd - 13,191 at Hindmarsh Stadium. Sydney FC will be ruing the one that got away after a chance to take the competition lead went begging. Leading 3-0 with less than 30 minutes to go, Sydney looked home and hosed; but the plucky Mariners had other ideas. A double to Matt Simon and another score for Nick Mrdja, and suddenly the game was back on level terms. For much of the night Sydney had dominated and looked the better side, but to let the winning competion points slip was a bitter pill for the sky blues to swallow. Click here for a full match report. Click here for Harboursport's photo gallery from this match. Sydney FC 3 (M Bridge 28, A Casey 40, T McFlynn 57) Central Coast Mariners 3 (M Simon 63,80, N Mrdja 77) Yellow Cards : Sydney - Nil. Mariners - M Jedinak 19, S Petrovski 35, J Hutchinson 90. Referee - S Delovski. Crowd - 18,251 at Sydney Football Stadium. |
| ROUND 11 FIXTURES Friday 7th November Sydney FC v Wellington Phoenix (Sydney Football Stadium, 8:00pm) Saturday 8th November Queensland Roar v Melbourne Victory (Suncorp Stadium, 8:00pm) Sunday 9th November Perth Glory v Newcastle Jets (Members Equity Stadium, 7:00pm) Saturday 15th November Central Coast Mariners v Adelaide United (Bluetongue Stadium, 7:30pm) ROUND 12 FIXTURES Friday 21st November Melbourne Victory v Central Coast Mariners (Telstra Dome, 8:00pm) Saturday 22nd November Adelaide United v Sydney FC (Hindmarsh Stadium, 7:00pm) Sunday 23rd November Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets (Westpac Stadium, 4:00pm) Queensland Roar v Perth Glory (Suncorp Stadium, 6:00pm) All times shown are Sydney time |
| A nine-minute scoring burst midway through the first half was to provide all the scoring when Newcastle took on Queensland on Sunday. The first score was to come from Jets' striker Joel Griffiths, when a through ball from Zura found his man and Griffiths' curling shot hit the corner of the net. But from the restart, Sergio Van Dijk caught the Jets' defence napping when he weaved his way through traffic before finding Matt McKay unmarked. McKay made no mistake and the instant equaliser had come. And just 8 minutes later, a long-range strike from veteran Charlie Miller beat the Jets' defence into the net. Queensland led 2-1 at the break. Jets' coach Gary Van Egmond revved up his charges for the second half; and the home side came out breathing fire and threatening to equalise. But, try as they might, the goal would not be forthcoming; and the result continues the Roar's successful away record and puts them into the top 4. Newcastle Jets 1 (J Griffiths 23) Queensland Roar 2 (M McKay 24, C Miller 32). Yellow Cards : Jets - M Milligan 83. Roar - A Packer 40. Referee - C Zetter. Crowd - 10,507 at Energy Australia Stadium. It was another hot afternoon in Perth for the Glory v Phoenix match, but the warm conditions worked to the home side's advantage; with a double from Nikita Rukavytsya giving the Glory a home win and enabling them to climb off the bottom of the ladder. The first came on the quarter hour, with a header from Harnwell landing at the feet of Rukavytsya who turned around and beat Phoenix' keeper Mark Paston's dive into the net. And into the second half, a flick pass from Eugene Dadi set Rukavytsya up for his second goal, putting the Glory into a winning position. It was a morale-boosting performance from the WA side, their second win over Wellington this season; but for Wellington it was a disappointing result that sees them return to the bottom of the ladder. Perth Glory 2 (N Rukavytsya 15,70) Wellington Phoenix 0. Yellow Cards : Glory - N Rizzo 88. Phoenix - K Dodd 39. Referee - C Beath. Crowd - 7,228 at Members Equity Stadium. |